You’ve heard of the War of the Roses, well this is the War of the Scones - the continuing chaos within the Women’s Institute. Joking apart, the WI need to get their act together because they are causing angst, frustration, annoyance and insult to many, many of their members. I even sense that this may be heading for a breakaway group and I wouldn’t blame them!
See my report on this last night: https://dustymasterson.substack.com/p/tea-scones-and-murder
I have only just caught up with a more detailed report from Jack Walters on GB News last Tuesday, 18 April ( WI sparks outrage with plan to 'enrich' local branches by letting trans members join). He reports:
The Women’s Institute has sparked outrage after it unveiled its plan to “enrich” local branches by letting transgender members join the organisation.
A campaign group, known as the Women’s Institute Declaration, slammed the policy and warned it is putting the WI in an “untenable position”.
The group started a petition warning the National Federation of Women Institutes that its traditional objectives are being threatened and that it “cannot legitimately campaign for women-specific issues”.
The petition has so far received over 1,500 signatures.
Queen Elizabeth II with members of the Women's Institute in 2019
The Women’s Institute Declaration also alleged that individual WI constitutions have been “de facto changed” without the consent of the organisation’s 180,000 members.
The campaign group’s petition is calling for the admission of new trans members to be put on hold.
It has also said current trans members can remain in the WI but added that members should debate the implication of the policy ahead of a vote.
In a letter to WI board members, the Women’s Institute Declaration wrote: “By failing to define what a woman is, by having a wide description for a trans woman and by not allowing respectful debate, or debate of any kind, the NFWI has de facto forced individual Women’s Institutes to accept men.
“This has been achieved by poor drafting of policies, poor advice from advisers and is harmful to women as a whole.”
The Women’s Institute, which was formed in 1915, recently announced its new policy which will allow transgender women to “join the WI and to participate in any WI activities in the same way as any other woman”.
The WI has said its policy on transgender women “builds on our ambitions and enriches our membership to ensure we are a place for all women to celebrate who they are and influence positive change in their communities” [ Dusty - have they had a training course from Kirstie Allsopp FFS].
But the campaign group pointed out: “There is no definition of what a woman is.”
In a letter to trustees, they added: “If you cannot define the group you seek to represent, how can you understand their needs and demands?”
Go, Declaration Group!
‘Transgender’ lawmaker
Amy Beth Hanson in Associated Press ( Transgender lawmaker silenced by Montana House speaker 20 April) reports:
Montana’s House speaker refused to allow a transgender lawmaker to speak on a bill Thursday, two days after a conservative group of lawmakers deliberately misgendered her [Dusty - which is better than Associated Press are managing to do!] and called for her to be censured for emotional testimony against a bill seeking to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
“It is up to me to maintain decorum here on the House floor, to protect the dignity and integrity," Republican Speaker Matt Regier said. "And any representative that I don’t feel can do that will not be recognized,”
Regier said the decision came after “multiple discussions” with other lawmakers and that previously there have been similar problems.
The Democratic caucus objected, but the House Rules committee upheld Regier's decision on a party-line vote. As a result, Rep. Zooey Zephyr was not allowed to speak Thursday on a measure that would put a binary definition of male and female into state code [ Dusty - Hooray!].
The issue came to a head when Zephyr, a Democrat and the first transgender woman to hold a position in the Montana legislature, told lawmakers on Tuesday they would have “blood on their hands” [ Dusty - obviously he thinks it is fine to trans away the gay!] if they voted in favor of a bill to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors. She had made a similar comment when the bill was debated in the House the first time.
House Majority Leader Sue Vinton rebuked Zephyr on Tuesday, calling her comments inappropriate, disrespectful and uncalled for.
Hear, hear!
Busy Jay Fantom
Jay Fantom on Story Box in Australia has been busy. Shocking story about the United Nations saying minors can consent to sex!! Unbelievable! First sent around by Gays Against Groomers I think:
Equally shocking report on a trans identifying male ( almost certainly an autogynephile) called ‘Tara’ on Tik Tok in America calling for ‘trans people’ to arm themselves and to learn how to fire guns and making direct threats to women! Has this person not been arrested yet? Any more info out there, readers?
Finally, Jay reports on Dr Jordan Peterson providing evidence that the mental health of children who ‘transition’ gets worse rather than better:
Helping out EDI
EDI Jester has done a report today about members of the Public and Commercial Services Union calling for the Union to have a policy and training on … wait for it…BDSM ( that’s ‘bondage, discipline (or domination), sadism, and masochism’). Barry was so shocked he didn’t know if the info he had received could be true. He asked his viewers for assistance. I found a report in the Daily Mail confirming it - it’s true!! I have passed this on to Barry. Gold Star to The Duster :)
Barry references the wonderful song by Victoria Wood, so here it is http://www.tellytalk.net/threads/beat-me-on-the-bottom-with-a-womans-weekly-all-things-victoria-wood.9994/
‘Let me read this catalogue on vinyl flooring’
Class! :)
Kellie-Jay
Great interview with KJK on Benjamin Boyce:
Samson Rocks ( sorry Raps)
Thanks to a Terven friend for sending me this albeit that it is a year old. It’s rap but, even if you don’t like rap, I think you’ll enjoy this. The first 38 seconds is excruciating so you have been warned. Lovely to see a young man on our side and , with 41,000 likes, I think people enjoy his music! Also I can pretend to be down with the kids! Cool!
The Times
I am still wading through the cuttings from The Times that my other Terven friend has sent me and hope to be able to report back some time this weekend.
BTW if there is anything you want me to have a look at, please let me know :)
From The Times to Rap, I’m game for it all if it helps our cause!
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A great round up as usual, thanks Dusty.
I love the way we’re meant to accept such fragrant laydees as Tara in our spaces as ‘enrichment’. Shame on the WI.
And for today’s quota of shock….. see the UN latest. My very peaked husband introduced me to Jay Fantom recently. He’s been doing great work peaking some dog walkers he meets up with…..very proud 😊 We both hang packets of leaflets on trees in dog walking areas.
Thank goodness for the Jester and his infectious laugh, it helps keep us going.
And how do rappers remember all the words? What a kick to the stomach at the end!